2015 South American U-15 Championship Explained

Tourney Name:	South American Under-15 Football Championship
Year:	2015
Other Titles:	Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-15 Colombia 2015
Dates:	21 November – 6 December
Num Teams:	10
Confederations:	1
Venues:	2
Cities:	2
Count:	4
Matches:	24
Goals:	98
Prevseason:	2013
Nextseason:	2017

The 2015 South American Under-15 Football Championship was the seventh edition of the South American Under-15 Football Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the CONMEBOL for the men's under-15 national teams of South America. The tournament was held in the cities of Montería and Valledupar, Colombia between 21 November and 6 December 2015.^[1]

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team	Appearance	Previous best top-4 performance
		(2005)
		(2005)
		(2005, 2007, 2011)
		(2007, 2013)
(hosts)		(2004, 2011, 2013)
		(2009)
		(2004, 2009)
(holders)		(2013)
		(2007)

Venues

CONMEBOL appointed Colombia as the host country during its 65th Ordinary Congress on 3 March 2015.^[2] ^[3] The tournament was played in Estadio Municipal de Montería, Montería and Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau, Valledupar.^[4] ^[1]

Squads

Each team had to submit a squad of 22 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) until 30 October 2015. Players born on or after 1 January 2000 are eligible to compete in the tournament.^[5]

First stage

The draw of the tournament was held on 16 October 2015 during the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting at the Hyatt Hotel in Santiago, Chile.^[6] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. Each group contained one team from each of the five "pairing pots": Colombia–Chile, Argentina–Brazil, Paraguay–Uruguay, Ecuador–Peru, Bolivia–Venezuela. The schedule of the tournament was announced on 28 October 2015.^[7]

The top two teams of each group advanced to the final stage.

All times local, COT (UTC−5).